Knitted stocking



oct. 6, 1925.

w. s. PARKER KNITTED s'rocKING Filed sept. 1. 1922 Patented Oct. 6, 1925.

`UNITED STATES WILLIAM.'

l1?afflitti?A OFFICE..

PARKEIMOF ROCKFOBD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO :BU- BSCN KNITTING COM- PANY, 0F ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

-Application led September 1, 1922. SerialuNo. 585,708.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. PARKER,

'a citizen of the United States, residing at thereof may be embodied in fabrics for` various purposes, I havev chosen for lthe specific illustration of the invention in this application, a knitted stocking in which the invention is incorporated.

The primary purpose of the invention is to provide a fabric having a cord yarn or strand of any character of. substantial crosssectional area secured to one face thereof so as to lend additional strength to the fabric in the direction of the Wales and to give the' appearance from the opposite face of the fabric ofa rib, or when located at the back of a seamless fashioned or a seamless tubular stocking, the appearance of al mock seam.

This reenforcing strand or member, which will hereafter be referred to asia cord, the word cord'being used in a generic sense to include any suitable lexible element whether twisted, braided or otherwise formed, is secured to the body of the fabric by spaced floating yarns, resu ting from certain types of stitches formed at redetermined points in the body of the fa ric during the-knitting operation.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings from which it will be apparent that- Fig. 1 is'a back view of a knitted stocking ,embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 1s an enlarged fragmentary face view of the fabric; and l Fig. 3 is'a sectional view on the line 3-3 of'Fig. 2.

The fabric illustrated comprises wales, those of which are illustrated in the fragment of-the fabric shown in Fig. l2 being indicated by reference characters 5 to 15,

inclusive.

This fabric is of plain knitting with the exception that in certain wales an open work effect is produced by stitches of "a special type or character includin floating yarns on the inner side` of the fa ric adapted for holding and presenting to view at the face of the fabric a mock seam cord, as will be presently described. p This open workveect may be produced in various ways, such, for example, as either by draw or tuck stitches; andA in the fabric shown Vin Fig. 2 draw stitches are used. 'The courses of this fabric 'are designated by reference characters 16 to 26 inclusive.

These courses are of plain kmtting except that in every third course,

1. e., in courses 18, 21 and 24 the loops are held during two successive courses by the needles knitting the wales 9, 10 and 11, to

produce draw stitch loops 28 which leave the floating yarns '27 at the back or inner side of the fabric. The floating yarns and draw stitchloops may be of any desired length, although it is essential that they or the equivalent shallbe in alignment, preferably as shown, in order to secure the desired location of the mock seam. The remainder of the fabric' may be of any char` acter desired.

The cord whichr has heretofore been mentioned and which is designated on the drawings by refer'ence character 29, is attached to the back' of the fabric by the floating aol yarns 27 between which and the web of the fabric the'cord is' introduced subsequently to the completion of the knitting, the cord being threaded or drawn beneath the floating yarns by hand or in any other preferred manner. This cord may be of the, same color as the fabric orof any other desiredv color, and since it lies backof the elongated draw stitches, it can be seen from the front of the fabric through lthe eyelets or apertures resulting ture. V

When the fabric isl taut, as for instance, whena vstocking, is being wo n, it presents alongthe line of the cord, t e a vpearance of a rib and, if disposed at the ack of a seamless fashioned .stocking indicated generally by reference character 30 in Fig. l, the cordedstructure resembles a mock seam, which is indicated by referenceA character 31. The corded structure not only enhances the appearance of the fabric, but also reenforces and strengthens the saine, which is particularly desirable at the back of a stocking where it frequently ives way under the excessvive strains resuing from pulling the stocking on over the heel of the wearer.

It should be apparent from the foregoing from the draw stitch structhat I have provided a fabric adapted for a wide variety of purposes, which possesses not only the advantage of a noveland attractive appearance, but also the desirable feature of reenforcement to the fabric structure which materially increases its longevity. Various adaptations of the principle of this invention may obviously be resorted to without departing lfrom the essence thereof as defined in the .following claims.

I claim:

l. A knitted stocking provided with a g longitudinally extending mock seam comprising a cord attached to the stocking web between ioating yarns and opposed loops.

2. A knitted stocking, including wales.

having draw stitches, and a mock seam cord disposed between the floating yarns on the inner side of the fabric and the opposed draw stitch loops on the face thereo 3. A knitted stockinglprovided with, a mock seam, consisting of a cord disposed between floating yarns on `the inner side Y of the fabric and draw stitch loops providing eyelets or apertures through' which the cord is exposed to View from the face of the fabric.

f4; A knitted stocking the fabric of which has longitudinally aligned eyelets or apertures on its face and floating yarns on its inner side, and a cord inserted between the WILLIAM s. PARKER. 

